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> Webassembly taking off on the browser is wishful thinking. It has taken off in the browser. If you've ever used Google Sheets you've used WebAssembly.
by breve 1y ago
> Webassembly taking off on the browser is wishful thinking.
It has taken off in the browser. If you've ever used Google Sheets you've used WebAssembly.
- pjmlp 1y agoAnother niche use case.
- breve 1y agoGoogle Sheets is one of the most widely used applications on the planet. It's not niche. Amazon switched their Prime Video app from JavaScript to WebAssembly for double the performance. Is streaming video a niche use case?
- easton 1y agoI think they meant most people aren’t building a high performance spreadsheet, not most people aren’t using a high performance spreadsheet.
- breve 1y ago> most people aren’t building a high performance spreadsheet Lots of people are building Blazor applications: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/apps/aspnet/web-apps/blazor https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/apps/aspnet/web-apps/blaz... > not most people aren’t using a high performance spreadsheet A spreadsheet making use of WebAssembly couldn't be deployed to the browser if WebAssembly hadn't taken off in browsers. Practical realities contradict pjmlp's preconceptions.
- koakuma-chan 1y agoCan you actually build something like Figma in Blazor? Does Blazor somehow facilitate that?
- pjmlp 1y agoDon't mix mainstream adoption at the same level as regular JavaScrip and Typescript, with availability. Microsoft would wish Blazor would take off like React and Angular, in reality it is seldom used outside .NET shops intranets in a way similar to WebForms.
- lanyard-textile 1y agoI think that was sarcasm :)